Joanne Andraca
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joanne Andraca |
| National team |
 France |
| Born |
10 July 1988 Hyères, France |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Individual medley |
| Club | AC Hyères[1] |
| Coach | Annick de Susini (mother)[1] |
Joanne Andraca (born July 10, 1988) is a French swimmer, who specialized in individual medley events.[2] She is also the daughter of two-time Olympic swimmers Pierre Andraca and Annick de Susini (her personal coach).[1][3]
Andraca competed for the French swimming squad in the women's 400 m individual medley at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She rocked a sterling time of 4:38.23 to match the French record previously set by Camille Muffat a year earlier, and to dip beneath the FINA A-standard (4:45.10) for a coveted spot on the Olympic team at the French Championships in Dunkirk.[4] Rallying from the middle of the pack with a marvelous butterfly leg in the last of five heats, Andraca tried to maintain her pace with South Africa's Jessica Pengelly by just two seconds apart from each other, before dropping herself badly to eighth in a disappointing 4:43.88. Andraca failed to advance to the top eight final, as she placed twenty-third overall in the prelims.[5]
References
- 1 2 3 "France Olympique Profile – Joanne Andraca" (in French). French Olympic Committee. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ "Joanne Andraca". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Natation / Championnats de France Andraca et Muffat aux JO" [Swimming / French Olympic Champions Andraca and Muffat] (in French). L'Union Presse. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "French Olympic Trials: French Record in Women's 400 IM Falls". Swimming World Magazine. 20 April 2008. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
- ↑ "Swimming: Women's 400m Individual Medley Heat 5". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Retrieved 27 December 2012.